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Private Equity in Health Care M&A, 2015

by | Dec 17, 2015 9:43 pm | eHealth, Long-Term Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Private Equity

It’s been a superlative year for health care M&A overall, and private equity firms have made a significant contribution. With two (busy) weeks left to go in 2015, PE buyers have announced 129 deals, and that’s not including all the portfolio companies that were building their platforms in the various sectors. Below are some preliminary stats we’ve put together on PE activity in 2015. Private equity buyers account for 9% of the present deal volume of 1,395 transactions, which is typical in recent years. Deal value is a less substantial measure of PE activity, because the majority of deals don’t disclose financial terms. As of December 17, $9.1 billion has been... Read More »

Senior Monitoring Companies Consolidate

by | Dec 7, 2015 8:57 am | eHealth

Three-year-old Lively, a San Francisco startup, has been acquired by GreatCall, Inc. of San Diego. Lively has developed a remote monitoring system for seniors to help them age in place. Its safety watch works with a system of passive activity sensors to alert family members and share seniors’ daily routines. Lively will complement GreatCall’s suite of products for active aging, which including GreatCall Splash, Jitterbug5, Touch3 and health, safety and medical apps, including Urgent Care, GreatCall Link, MedCoach and 5Star. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read More »

MedAssets Acquired and Split Up

by | Nov 4, 2015 8:42 am | eHealth, Private Equity

Pamplona Capital Management, a New York-based investment group, announced its acquisition of MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) for $2.7 billion. MedAssets provides technology-enabled products and services for hospitals, health systems, non-acute healthcare providers, payers and other service providers. The price of $2.7 billion represents $31.35 per share. Pamplona already has an agreement in place to divest MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management segment to VHA-UHC Alliance for an undisclosed price. VHA and UHC merged earlier this year to form the largest member-owned health care company in the United States. That leaves Pamplona Capital with MedAssets’ Revenue Cycle... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care Dollars, vs. Q2:15

by | Nov 2, 2015 8:57 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

Last week we gave you the breakdown on how the third quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter and the same quarter a year ago. Here’s how the dollars broke out, versus those quarters. SectorQ3:15Q2:15ChangeQ3:14Change Services Behavioral Health Care$550,000$190,700188%$335,00064% Home Health & Hospice$241,854$0n/a$410,000-41% Hospitals$2,069,865 $2,059,9000.5%$969,800113% Labs, MRI & Dialysis$826,600$1,507,650-45%$324,000155% Long-Term Care$4,175,656$4,141,9300.8%$9,686,200-57% Managed Care$98,000,000$147,00066566%$0n/a Physician Medical Groups$1,600,000$500,000220%$0n/a Rehabilitation $4,300$734,800-99%$163,450-97% Other Services$1,396,474$16,211,644-91%$1,026,40036%... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care Deal Volume

by | Oct 26, 2015 9:15 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

We’re just about to publish our third quarter results this week, but wanted to give you a sneak preview of how the third quarter stacks up against Q2:15 and the same quarter a year ago. Here’s the chart. SectorQ3:15 DealsQ2:15 DealsChangeQ3:14 DealsChange Services Behavioral Health Care10667%4150% Home Health & Hospice9650%15-40% Hospitals332438%1974% Labs, MRI & Dialysis16157%8100% Long-Term Care906538%856% Managed Care12850%5140% Physician Medical Groups1522-32%147% Rehabilitation7617%540% Other Services464015%3628% Services subtotal23819224%19125% Technology Biotechnology413421%27%52% eHealth3334-3%34-3% Medical Devices31297%2619% Pharmaceuticals423811%67-37%... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care M&A, by Spending

by | Oct 19, 2015 8:56 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

Last week we shared our data on health care M&A by sector in the third quarter of 2015. Here’s a look at the same sectors, by share of the dollars spent. If you’ve been following health care M&A at all, you won’t be surprised that the Managed Care sector (health insurers) accounts for about 50% of the $198 billion spent. That total, by the way, is also a new quarterly record. Look for The Health Care M&A Report, Third Quarter, for more in-depth analysis by sector. Read More »